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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Greenwich 1912
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1912
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also authority was given for the purchase of two shelters for use
in the back gardens of the patients in suitable cases.
The following table shows the number and character of the notifications received under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908:—
| 1st Quarter. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Notification. | 2nd Notification. | 3rd Notification. | Total. | ||||||||||
| A. | B. | C. | A. | B. | C. | A. | B. | C. | |||||
| 8 | 15 | 10 | 33 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 23 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 57 | |
| 2nd Quarter. | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 16 | - | 23 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 24 | - | - | - | 47 | ||
| 3rd Quarter. | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 26 | - | - | - | 44 | ||
| 4th Quarter. | |||||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | 2 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 43 | |
| Total for Year. | |||||||||||||
| 28 | 53 | 13 | 94 | 42 | 28 | 25 | 95 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 191 | |
A. Indicates notifications by Medical Officers of Poor Law Institutions.
| B. Indicates notifications by District Medical Officers. |
| C. Indicates notifications of patients' changes of address made by Superintendents of Poor Law Institutions. |
From which it will be seen that during the year there have been
81 patients notified, 28 of them being already in Poor Law Institutions,
and 53 being patients outside such Institutions, concerning
which patients we received 13 intimations of changes of address, a
further 70 second notifications from other Poor Law Practitioners,
1 third notification, whilst 1 third notification of change of address
was also received.
School Clinic, or Health Centre, Deptford Green. This
Institution, conducted under the able administration of Miss
McMillan, continues to carry out its good work among the poor
children in this neighbourhood, and an extension of the work has
taken place in the provision of open-air shelter where selected boys
can sleep. This camp was first established in the grounds of the St.
Nicholas' Church, but has now been removed to private premises
near by. The whole of the work in connection with this Institution
is much appreciated in the neighbourhood.